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Use and structure of data tables, including:
Understand how to use and organize data tables, including the components such as rows, columns, row headings, column headings, and appropriate units.
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Use and structure of data tables, including: outcomes10 objectives
- Understand how to use and organize data tables, including the components such as rows, columns, row headings, column headings, and appropriate units.
- Apply knowledge of data tables to new situations, where information may be presented in written form, tables, or bar charts.
- Understand measures of central tendency, including how to calculate the mean, median, and mode, with definitions for each: mode as the most frequent value, median as the middle value when arranged in order, and mean as the total of all values divided by the number of values.
- Apply knowledge to choose and utilize measures of central tendency in new scenarios.
- Understand measures of spread, specifically how to determine the range, defined as the difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set.
- Apply knowledge of the range to new scenarios.
- Understand the components and format of bar charts, including axes, labels, placement of bars, and appropriate units.
- Apply knowledge of bar charts to new scenarios.
- Understand how to reach a conclusion by interpreting data patterns to determine if results support the research aim.
- Apply knowledge of drawing conclusions from data presented in tables and bar charts to new scenarios.
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